Biedermeier
The Invention of Simplicity
Edited by: Prof. Dr. Hans Ottomeyer, Klaus Albrecht Schröder, Laurie Winters
Graphic Design: Studio Blue, Chicago
Texts by: Prof. Dr. Hans Ottomeyer, Laurie A. Stein, Christian Witt-Dörring, Laurie Winters u.a.
English
September 2006, 400 Pages, 410 Photos
clothbound
260mm x 330mm
ISBN: 978-3-7757-1796-0
Approximately 400 exquisite paintings, drawings, furniture, decorative objects, and clothing, with commentaries by leading scholars in the field. "viennaartbookaward," 2007
Biedermeier describes a kind of factual art that very closely corresponds to sensory perception. Its basic characteristics became apparent even before 1800, and up until around 1830 it continued to develop through simplification, the natural beauty of materials, and clarity of form. Biedermeier: The Invention of Simplicity is an elegant publication concentrating upon a core group of artistic works from this period of time, which were predominated by these formal elements and also gave shape to the new, central European aesthetic vision.
More than three hundred examples from all genres of art from Germany, Austria, Bohemia, and Denmark are featured: paintings, prints, furniture, glass and porcelain objects, silver, interior decoration, and fashion from the trendsetting, stylish metropolises. This is an attractive presentation of this period's innovative character, which permitted it to play a pioneering role in the modern era. (German edition ISBN 978-3-7757-1795-3)

Exhibition schedule: Milwaukee Art Museum, September 16, 2006-January 1, 2007 · Albertina, Vienna, February 2-May 13, 2007 · Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, June 8-September 2, 2007 · Musée du Louvre, Paris, October 15, 2007-January 15, 2008

Very good condition.